Middle Eastern Women and the Invisible Economy edited by Richard A. Lobban with a foreword by Elizabeth W. Fernea.

Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Nubian women and the shadow economy / Anne M. Jennings -- Baggara women as market strategists / Barbara J. Michael -- Invisible survivors : women and diversity in the transitional economy of Yemen / Delores M. Walters -- The invisible economy, survival, and empowerment : five cases from Atbara, Sudan / Nada Mustafa M. Ali -- Urban Egyptian women in the informal health care sector / Marcia C. Inhorn -- Nest eggs of gold and beans : Baladi Egyptian women's invisible capital / Evelyn A. Early -- Women, work, and the informal economy in rural Egypt / Barbara K. Larson -- Women and home-based microenterprises / Marie Butler -- "Invisible" work, work at home: the condition of Tunisian women / Sophie Ferchiou -- Women in the invisible economy in Tunis / Richard A. Lobban, Jr. -- The invisible economy at the edges of the Medina of Tunis / Isabelle Berry-Chikhaoui -- Marcel : straddling visible and invisible Lebanese economies / Suad Joseph -- Women in Cairo's (in)visible economy : linking local and national trends / Homa Hoodfar -- Engaging informality : women, work, and politics in Cairo / Diane Singerman.